Back at the start of July, I made this 100% serious, entirely unironic, no-fooling-around trip report to document the high-end experience of flying in the back seat of a Cessna 172. Jokes aside, this is a little more of a fun video just showing what it's like for me to fold myself into the back of the aircraft type I've been flying for the past year, and depart Calgary on a short cross-country flight to Claresholm for pancakes!

@karlossargeant3872

2 жыл бұрын

You keep going Alex I Love your Aviation Channel is Awesome!!!!!

@frankwu4839

2 жыл бұрын

Loving this content!! Please keep these GA trip reports coming!

That's gotta be the best boarding pass I've ever seen.

@gmitchellfamily

2 жыл бұрын

SEAT: YES

The triangular runway layout at Claresholm, seen in the video, dates from its origins during World War 2 as one of the dozens of BCATP (British Commonwealth Air Training Plan) bases in Canada, many in Alberta. They almost all had that triangular layout with runways about 3,000 feet. Only one runway still active there. During its WW2 service it had 6 runways in 3 pairs, between 3,000 and 3,200 feet, as seen in the video. Many of those fields were closed and abandoned after WW2. Others, like that one, are still in use as the local airport. More than 130,000 pilots and other aircrew were trained for WW2 service at those BCATP bases in Canada. Over 70,000 were Canadian and the rest from various other Commonwealth countries like Australia, New Zealand, South Africa etc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Commonwealth_Air_Training_Plan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCAF_Station_Claresholm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claresholm_Industrial_Airport

@rhyzz__5504

2 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for sharing, That’s very interesting!

@casey6556

2 жыл бұрын

Always love spotting those triangles!

@pauldevonian6158

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. The old buildings there were repurposed in the 1980’s and it became the famous Flying N’ Inn. It was run by a woman called Jean Hoare who owned the Driftwood Ranch west of Nanton. I worked there! People would fly in for dinner from all over!

The after takeoff announcement had me 😂 but he sounded like a rookie… needed a few more ahhhhhhhhh’s in there.

Great one Alex - makes me miss being at the controls even more.

I've never heard "follow company traffic" for fellow flight school traffic, that gave me a good chuckle.

Did you get footage of the fly-in? That would be a nice video showing the fun GA planes of the region if you did.

I absolutely LOVE that ticket they made for you !😊

Best boarding pass I have seen, Kegan and Raf know what's what 😂 (proud instructor noises)

Love the ending Harvard music.

That is the most pristine (inside and out) 172 I have ever seen. I guess they're still being manufactured but I've yet to come across one that was built before 2005 (in Canada).

Best trip report ever!! Makes me want to fly on that really cool "airline" C-GPEW. Too bad I cant find a place to buy a ticket....

I miss flying over the prairies of Alberta with nothing but 'available landing sites' in every direction, as far as the eye can see! Nice video - thanks for the smiles, chuckles and ... memories.

I’m impressed the 172 comes with a safety card!

Smallest plane i ever flew was a glider when I would do air cadets back in the day, I remember when we were on short final for some runway at Trenton AFB LOTS of wing randomly kicked in we banked like 25 degrees to the left, nothing crazy but definitely a memory

Papa Echo Whiskey! I remember having comms with that plane over at CEA3. I usually fly Cessna 150 GYTD out of Olds-Didsbury and I remember that plane was doing some night circuits in the much calmer airspace of a small municipal airport. I don't think it was you on the comms, but it's cool seeing to the plane I was talking to.

I graduated MRU in 2017. Great program.

Looks like a pretty tidy 172. Unreal views of the mountains and very well flown. Some cool machine at the fly-in too!

I love how these tiny planes have car style seatbelts

NICE landing - give those boys a medal JR

I thoroughly enjoyed this! Great video

Last time I flew Mt. Royal Air the inflight meal was a handful of spaghetti (I had to reach into a black garbage bag to retrieve it).

I got my private pilots license in a Cessna 172, Lots of good memories!

I used to pass this small airport a lot and played in those tents they call a hockey rink at Edge school!

Nice video, thanks ! I fly with my buddy in an older 172 out of Waterville NS and I used to skydive out of Claresholm for many summers when I lived in Calgary....nice trip down memory lane !!

As a Pilot just getting back into flyin in Alberta, this was great. Subbed and liked!

Now THAT gotta be the best and most honest trip report ever!

Thank you so very much for the great video.

When it comes time for my PPL, I know I'll have a heck of a time with Air Traffic Communications. Maybe I'm getting too old for this, my brain doesn't compute fast enough....

Great vid, Alex! Loved the humour of such a flight! It actually looked like you may have been just a little uncomfortable in the back seat! Best part though, was the seat designation!!

Thanks for the ride. Great video Alex. Driven through Claresholm countless times but never experienced flying in. The boarding pass is a keeper. LOL

Definitely a huge like on this video! Very cool.

Funny how it's the same ATIS voice throughout Canada; marine weather broadcast too; nice vid; thanks

@casey6556

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah LOL, instantly recognizable

Alex. I just had a nice flight myself on Monday. On Westjet Encore. From Vancouver to Kelowna. And it was great.

cool video alex young sir well done keep up the good work well done

My dad is a pilot for Westjet and a couple years ago he got me an opportunity to fly in a 172. It was definitely a fun time

Amazing report haha. Never had a chance to fly PEW. Looks like a nice ride.

That brought back memories of a Piper Archer recurring training flight I did out of Calgary way back in 1977, with some circuits at Springbank. What are those big square TV things up front? We had little round things in ours. I always enjoy your videos Alex. Thanks!

Interesting flight ; pretty roomy (for most people) in the back of a 172. Noticed that Harvard on the ground when you were arriving; then in the air at the end. Gotta get me a ride in one of those !!

My Grandpa Larry Dickson was a controller at springbank for a long time

I grew up near here, beautiful country side.

Love the boarding pass haha!

It was along time ago, Springbank is where I learned to fly.

Good one.

I have stop in Claresholm many times on my way to Calgary did not know that there was an airport 🙂

Ha! I didn't even think this was one of you videos when I clicked on it. Was confused and pleased when I heard the narration begin haha

In the description: Seat - Yes.

Finally. Waiting for Queen Elizabeth Highway, Calgary to Edmonton car commute trip report now.

Interesting flight, Alex! Never flown on a Cessna (from what I can remember in my life), but I'm planning on doing at least one trip report with Cape Air to/from BOS. - Red

Finally! Been looking forward to this one LMAO!

Alex thank you very much for the video I enjoyed it immensely. I am one of 3 people who watched your video. lol cheers to you Dion. Flight simulation and Aviation Enthusiasts KZread Dionm01

CEJ4 is my old stomping ground. I need to go back and say hello!

Pretty.cool!

Perhaps next time, take a more westerly track over the Porcupine Hills and @skarabraeranch

Return trip in a Piper? 😁

Hey which licence do you need to have a fly one of these in alberta?

Man was that funny, I couldnt stop laughing almost the whole video

Which flight school would you recommend near Calgary?

Seat: Yes Lol, this was awesome!

**HEAVY BLOCKED FREQUENCY NOISES**

How new is this plane? I have never seen a dash like that. Mind you it has been 30 plus years since I've been in a Cessna.

@rafaelacuna374

2 жыл бұрын

It rolled off the factory floor this year :) You're looking at the G1000 NXi Avionics

"It's fine, 3 people are going to watch this" - Person no. 6865 to watch this...:D

Back seat driver?

But seriously. How where the pancakes?

5/10 the flight was quick and direct but first class was below mediocre

Third!

goofy ah boarding pass

Those Cheyenne 400s are ugly lol